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Innovation and change in Japanese management

The mystic image of Japanese management changed during the recession of the 1990s. Japanese corporations had problems adapting to the economic challenges and were slow in the implementation of reforms and restructuring measures. They were expected to develop more shareholder value and become more like their Western counterparts. Western observers and news criticized Japanese corporations and managers for being too consensus and harmony oriented, and not being able to deal with crisis or rapid changes. But Japan and Japanese management did change. € In many cases these changes were not as radical or as spectacular as€expected. Western suggestions and business models were not completely ignored, but many of them are not applicable in a Japanese context. Japan and Japanese management changed in its€own way, in a Japanese Way. 'Innovation and Change in Japanese Management' shows which transformation processes and changes can be observed in Japanese companies in reaction to the economic challenges of the past decade. The book presents new research results and investigates the variety of changes that Japanese corporations and managers have experienced in recent years.

"This book shows which transformation processes and changes can be observed in Japanese companies in reaction to the economic challenges of the past decade. The book presents new research results and investigates the variety of changes that Japanese corporations and managers have experienced in recent years"--Provided by publisher.

Machine generated contents note: PART I: JAPANESE MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION Vocational Training in the Japanese EnterpriseChanges in Japanese Corporate CultureJapanese corporate strategies in emerging marketsRevision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law in JapanBuilding Japanese BrandsThe Attitude towards Risk in Japanese ManagementPART II: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONR & D Management in the Japanese Pharmaceutical IndustryInnovation and the Appropriation of Knowledge in Japanese CorporationsPost-Crisis Approaches to Knowledge Management in the J-FirmPath dependency and path plasticity The Japanese software industry in comparison PART I: JAPANESE MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION Vocational Training in the Japanese EnterpriseChanges in Japanese Corporate CultureJapanese corporate strategies in emerging marketsRevision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law in JapanBuilding Japanese BrandsThe Attitude towards Risk in Japanese ManagementPART II: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONR & D Management in the Japanese Pharmaceutical IndustryInnovation and the Appropriation of Knowledge in Japanese CorporationsPost-Crisis Approaches to Knowledge Management in the J-FirmPath dependency and path plasticity The Japanese software industry in comparison.

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1 online resource (xvii, 247 pages)

Contents:

PART I: JAPANESE MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION --
Vocational Training in the Japanese Enterprise --
Changes in Japanese Corporate Culture --
Japanese corporate strategies in emerging markets --
Revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law in Japan --
Building Japanese Brands --
The Attitude towards Risk in Japanese Management --
PART II: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION --
R & D Management in the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry --
Innovation and the Appropriation of Knowledge in Japanese Corporations --
Post-Crisis Approaches to Knowledge Management in the J-Firm --
Path dependency and path plasticity ₆ The Japanese software industry in comparison. Introduction : Japanese management in the 21st century / Makoto Abe --
Restructuring of Japanese enterprises : programs for a special institutional environment / Carsten Herbes --
Rigidity and change in the Japanese venture economy / Sebastian Schafer and Cornelia Storz --
The attitude toward risk in Japanese management / Werner Pascha --
Lifelong employment, labor law and the lost decade : the end of a job for life in Japan? / Leon Wolff --
Vocational education and training in Japan : recent trends / Silke Bromann --
Going global? : strategizing ideology and practice in a Japanese subsidiary / Avital Baikovich --
The long path toward gender equality in Japan : the revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity law and its implementation / Stephanie Assmann --
Innovation in Japanese HRM : are Japanese companies adopting the pay for performance principle? / Markus Pudelko --
Innovation and the patenting of knowledge in Japanese corporations / John W. Clarry --
Nonaka revisited : can Japanese companies sustain their knowledge management prorcesses in the 21st century? / Benjamin Hentschel and Parissa Haghirian --
Japanese corporate strategies in emerging markets : from China-centered trade and investment to diversified internationalization / Pascal Gudorf.

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edited by Parissa Haghirian.

Abstract:

'Innovation and Change in Japanese Management' shows which transformation processes and changes can be observed in Japanese companies in reaction to the economic challenges of the past decade. The book presents new research results and investigates the variety of changes that Japanese corporations and managers have experienced in recent years.Read more...

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'It succeeds as a useful and thought-provoking source of part reference points and future signposts for emerging conceptual and empirical research into Japanese management.' - Dialogin